Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks

37 reviews

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I like this book as a snapshot of life in the 1970s. A lot of the text brought me back to the pain of being a teenager. However, a lot of the plot isn't very plausible. There's also a lot of homophobia thrown in for no reason. I waited until after I finished the book to look up anything about its publication, and found out the real author's identity. That was very illuminating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abortion, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pregnancy, Trafficking, War, and Miscarriage

pandoraness's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

a_rock_to_live_under's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Harrowing because it happens to so many children, including kids I know. This book has been in mind for weeks after I finished it. Every page I was introduced to a new drug that I've never heard of ,,

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, and Eating disorder

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

orangezest's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Self harm

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Rape

lobstertelephone's review

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

I was never forced to read this book in school. So I picked it up at a thrift store wanting to see if the anti-drug message was as educational as many teachers thought… it wasn’t. It was very hard to finish this book due to the dated writing and slang. It was hard to root for a character who didn’t seem real. I know this book. Holds a special place in a lot of people hearts, but for me this book was quite forgettable. Cheesy. Dated. Uninspiring. I think teaching about the effects of drugs on teenagers is important and reading a book about someone who is around the same age as the reader is very effective, but Go Ask Alice is not the right book to teach these lessons.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Addiction, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Rape

elizabeth_d's review

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Addiction, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Drug use

drchronicallyreading's review against another edition

dark sad

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts